St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-22
Regulating Elections.


AN ACT relating to elections and to repeal chap
ter one IL of the General Statutes of eighteen
hundred and seventy-eight QS7S) and all
acts amendatorv thereof.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Minnesota:
SECTION l. On the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November of each even num-
bered year, an election shall be held in the sew
eral election districts of the state which shall
be known as the general election and the several
state and county officers, judges of the supreme
and district courts, members OF the legislature,
and representatives in congress of the United
States shall be elected at the general election
next preceding the, expiration of the
spectively, and on year when president and
vice president of the United States are to be
chosen, number of electors of president and
vice president of the United States equal to the
nu nber OF senators and representatives to which
this state is entitled in the congress of the United
States shall be elected at said election.
SEC 2 Every organized township and every
ward of each Incorporated city shall form at
least one [electlonl district but election dis
trict in any incorporated city shall contain more
than four hundred (4J0) voters, and whenever an
election district Is found by the number of votes
there cast at any election, to contain more than
four hundred voters, 1t shall be the duty of the
supervisors of the town or the common council,
village, borough municipal corporation of the
city, If an incorporated city, to cause such dis
tricts, at least six weeks before the next ensuing
general, town or city election, to be divided into
two or more districts, each containing as nearly
as may be, an equal number of voters When
ever ward shall be divided into two or more
districts lin an incorporated city, the common
council. village, borough or municipal cor
poration shall publish the same by
making map description of such
division, defining it by known boundaries, and
keeping such map or description open for public
inspection in the Office of the clerk of such city
and, also, by posting up copies of such map or
description in at least ten OF the most public
places in every district of such ward: and the
common council, village. borough, or municipal
corporation shall, Also prior to the next cleo
ton, furnish copies of such map OF description
to the judges OF election in each district OF such
ward
Sec g. Whenever any number of voters not
less than eight residing in an unorganized, or
partially organized, county shall petition the
governor to establish a new election district
designating the boundaries of the same which
shall I be within ten miles Of the polling place
of any existing district, it shall be the duty of
the governor, aud he is iereby authorized to
cause to be established such district; and he
shall select from the names of the petitioners
three persons who snail be judges of election
therein; such districts to be established at such
place or places the petitioners may require
The governor shall within at least six weeks be-
fore general election, and within at least three
weeks before 81 eciai election. publish in some
newspaper published in the state list of all the
election districts by him so established. and the
places where the elections are 10 be held
Sec. d. The township supervisors of each
township are the judges OF election, and the
town clerk Of each township shall act as one of
the clerks of election in their respective cleo
tiou dis riots, and the judges of election shall
appoint an additional clerk of election,
who shall be of nm opposite po-